French Kiss

We arrived in France from Rome on easyjet more like frustratingjet! Cheap, but nasty! But anyhow they better not make us late back to Rome because we have to get another plane to Sicily the same day! We got a wedding to go to man!
We made our way to the hotel; which is on the left bank of Paris and generally close to monuments via the metro. The road in front of the hotel can be rather noisy but we bought some earplugs and it’s all good now.
We love the metro here. No matter where you are you are never too far from a metro station. As it was built so that stations are 500m apart. Makes for real easy travelling unless you end up going in the wrong direction!
We have seen most of the sights thus far see photies below- Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower- no we didn’t go up it as there was an hour wait just to get tickets, then 2 hours to get on the elevator- they only let 20 people on the elevator at a time, for this we have no patience and we not getting up too early!
The Louvre- the architecture is amazing in this building I think it was the most impressive thing there! The most famous painting is the Mona Lisa we saw this with 10,000 other people ugh, I dislike being a tourist some days. Its so beneath me… hee hee! Just left to do now is the Versailles Palace, Arc and the Eiffel (by night), the Picasso museum.
We have been sampling some amazing foods while here. It’s turned into a food fiesta… again! A Korean BBQ very very nice man, fantastic veggie restaurants, crepes for lunch today; we had Fondue @ Chez Du Fondus where we made some new friends and shared our fondues. (they had cheese, we got the beef) Drank red wine from a babies bottle! (see photo below!) David wouldn’t drink from the bottle so he asked for a glass and the waiter then proceeded to make fun of him! Maybe we will try frogs’ legs and escargot, but I am not so sure... neither is David! I am having a hard enough time dealing with eating animals at the moment… turning veggieish?! That’s a whole other story for a whole other time!
Today we went to Versailles but as the weather has turned a little we did not get to wander the massive gardens as we forgot to take a coat!. That’s Ok there is enough palace to fill in a day or three!Next blogger will be from Sicily probably after the wedding! The whole reason we are still in Europe. So blame Marty & Lou.
Stay tuned!

Monmarte area, Place du Tetres

a windmill in the centre of Paris??? weird 

David and the tower

 

The awful tower

 

The Lourve

expensive coffees but worth every cent......
 

elevator goes up! elevator goes down!

Venus de Milo milk drink
spanish pony 

no its not the real one!


 

I want a door like this at my house....
loving the door handle!
 

The Arc and the veiw from it

 

Daveo said he would buy me this.

Although he was on the phone to Marchie at the time and was just trying to get me to be quiet!
yes thats right its a Cartier!
earings to match 14,400 and 2 rings 4,010 and 9,800! NICE

NOTRE DAME

oh and that River!


 

 

Street art
The Pathenon
 

Is there something you are not telling us Marchie? You are very popular over here!

 

Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise

Where Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaff, Chopin and Proust are all buried. Well, we found all except Chopin and Proust. It was interesting to see that Jim’s grave has been sectioned off by barricades, compared to 10 years ago when I was last there and I was allowed by the security guard to sit on top of his gravestone to get a photo taken. The graffiti “This way to the Lizard King -->” has been cleaned off the other graves (which I personally thought had no respect for the dead.) Now they have started to adorn Oscar Wildes tomb.

Oscar,
Edith,
and Jim 

A night on the town! 

Moulin Rouge.

Absolutely, amazing. Well firstly I have to state that these days I really don’t condone the use of animals for entertainment but I have to say that all the animals looked to be in excellent condition and not afraid at all. (I did choose though, not to clap these sections of the night’s entertainment.) But apart from that, this was an amazing experience; sequins diamantes, feathers, boobs, lack of other clothing and very sexy strong men. Oooh la la! Owed all to the lovely people who employed me and great customers that made me laugh behind the bar at the P.A. in Brighton. For those who do not know, that’s where I was working in Brighton. When I departed their fair shores they all put in and gave me some cash to spend on myself which was just brilliant! THANKYOU SO MUCH I love and miss you all!

More front than myers and more feathers than an ostrich farm- I hope they made jackets for the ostriches! 

Strong sexy men.... lovely ladies and more feathers.....
sexy boobs.....
and the grand finale of course its the french can can
of course they can! 

David and the crepe!
A Picasso Boy with a toy truck Versailles palace gardens, the large pond on the right side its perimiter? is 2ks!

For some reason when i veiw the blog it is squishing up my posts that are not supposed to be together. not sure why and maybe it does not do this for you, but sure you can work it out!

Happy Birthday Trevor!

The Italian Family

Well, what a time we have had since leaving the U.K. Thanks to Shane, for driving us to the airport at such an early time of the morning. We landed in Naples and pretty much walked straight out of the airport and onto a bus bound for Sorrento! The weather was fantastic! Found Mama and Papa Leonard with their friends Di & Chris. Mama got very motional- its been so long since she has seen her baby boy! So after a few beers and a good catch up we found our hostel after a long walk uphill Yuk!
I guess that we are playing tour guides now; as this is the second time that we have been to the Southern Italian area. But that’s ok, because we know most of the scams now! We took a wander around Pompeii, up Vesuvius and then the classic drive along the Almalfi coast. Headed down to Grumentum Nuova where Carmel (Mama Leonard) was born and raised till she was 12. She and Billy (Papa Leonard) met the relatives who were most upset because the rest of us had not turned up! OOpppsss! She had spent all day making the pasta! We had decided not encroach and go for a drive around the countryside, we had a great day! Hopefully we smoothed it over the next day by all turning up and eating everything that was put in front of us… 5 courses later… I was having a great deal of trouble! The health kick went directly out the window. Always next week! Carmel is the only one who speaks Italian out of the 6 of us and the family spoke only Italian! So this made for long conversations. Well done to our translator Carmel! Thank you! The weather has tuned foul, but it seems the worst may have passed over. (Fingers crossed)
We are back in Sorrento today and are heading to Rome tomorrow. Not the centre of town, but the outskirts where it should be a little quieter, hopefully. A little chill out time, see the sights before they all head out of Rome on the big tin bird on the 11th

Happy Birthday Janie!

We stayed in Frascati which was a really nice town, a train ride into the centre of Rome. A bit of effort on the ladies part to get all of us accommodation but it worked out in the end and everyone was happy. We said our goodbyes on Saturday and D and I headed off to the other side of Rome- the Tiber Camping Ground. This place was well set up, a pool a bar, a supermarket, a bus shuttle to and from the train. It was pretty sweet so we just chilled out and saw some of the sights that you will see below!
We stay in Rome until the 14th from where we go directly to the centre of Paris! We have about 10 days there to see the sights and all that. So, some more at the end of the week??? Watch this space! Ciao 4 now

 

viva la communist!?